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Dennis Dodd's Take
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You expected a bit of a letdown for Alabama after losing the SEC championship game. You didn't expect the Tide to be on Vicodin. For those of you not up on your prescription pharms, that's what the dentist gives you before he removes your wisdom teeth. Yeah, it felt about like that for Alabama after one of the most humiliating losses in the program's history. Full story | Freestyle: Freeman's Blog
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Game Recap
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Utah is the best of the BCS busters. Brian Johnson threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and the No. 7 Utes upset fourth-ranked Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night to finish 13-0. With the victory, Utah became the first team from a non-BCS conference to win two BCS bowls. Full story
Alabama can't overcome offensive line losses
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Brian Johnson, QB, Utah
The senior caps off an excellent season, throwing for 320 yards on 27-of-41 passing with three touchdowns and zero interceptions. He connected with Freddie Brown on 12 passes for 119 yards. | |
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Glen Coffee, RB, Alabama
The junior faced a tough defense, but still led the team with 36 yards rushing on 13 carries and had 40 yards receiving and a touchdown. |
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Team Reports
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Utah: The Utes, the first Mountain West Conference and non-Bowl Championship Series team invited to two BCS games, will face a much stiffer challenge in the Crimson Tide than they did when they beat up Big East champ and five-loss Pittsburgh 35-7 in the Fiesta Bowl in 2005. More
Alabama: No one expected Alabama to be this good this fast. The Tide came back from a 7-6 season in Year 1 under coach Nick Saban and got on a roll, running off 12 consecutive victories to climb from No. 24 in the first poll to a No. 1 ranking until the SEC championship game. More
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Members of the undefeated Utah squad celebrate after beating Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl. (Getty) |
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Community Focus
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OU Tooo
As an OU fan I don't care what happens with the BCS in a few days. Utah is undefeated and just took care of Alabama in SEC country. There really is no championship in college football. Just a bunch of teams running around on fields and then guys sitting in front of their computer picking a "champion." Since that's the system, how can Utah not be the champ? Post your thoughts!
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Quotable
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"I know where I'm voting us. I'm voting us No. 1. End of story. I don't know why they wouldn't deserve that consideration. Somebody has to explain to me why they wouldn't. There is only one undefeated team in the United States of America right now in Division I football, and it's these guys right here."
-- Utah coach Kyle Whittingham
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